Attention Female Angel Investors: K4-MA to Showcase a Dozen Deals at Its 15th Angel Capital Expo

PHILADELPHIA - Oct. 8, 2014 - PRLog -- PHILADELPHIA, PA – According to the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research, women make up about 20 percent of both the entrepreneurs and investors involved in angel deals, up from single-digits a decade ago. There is an increasing number of America’s startups for women, and they make up a growing share of the angel investors funding them. Women made up 23 percent of all entrepreneurs seeking angel capital in 2013, up from 9 percent in 2005. There were fewer than 20,000 female angel investors in 2005, but that number increased to nearly 58,000 by last year.

For aspiring women in the mid-Atlantic area looking for guidance, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Region (K4-MA) is hosting its second East Coast AngelCapital Expo^sm at Drexel University on October 23 from 7:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Drexel University's Bassone Building (32nd and Market Street, Philadelphia, PA). The Expo is Keiretsu Forum’s signature event bringing together investors and entrepreneurs looking for funding. This year’s Expo will be bundled with a series of outstanding entrepreneur and angel investor training sessions. Details are available on the event website (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-k4-mid-atlantic-angel-c...).

The Angel Capital Expo provides access to a dozen investment opportunities that have been vetted by a trusted source, opportunities to invest across diverse sectors, and entrée to other investors with comparable interests,” said Howard Lubert, founder of Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Region.

The companies presenting at this year’s Expo will include 12 early-stage companies from a variety of hot sectors including internet-SaaS-cloud technology, healthcare-life sciences-medical devices, consumer products, cleantech/energy solutions, software-security-telecommunications technologies, and real estate.

Attendees of the Expo will include approximately 100 accredited angel investors from K4, area angel groups, independent angel investors, VCs, and family wealth management professionals.

There will also be six early-stage “Fast Pitch” presenters from various K4-MA partner technology transfer offices, college and university business plan/idea competitions, and local seed-stage programs.

Those who are interested in registering for the Angel Capital Expo can go to https://k4-ma-ace2014.eventbrite.com/ email contact Chuck Carter, VP of Entrepreneur Services, at CCarter@KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com or call +1 (215) 233-0342.

About Keiretsu Forum

Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 900 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on three continents. Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com) consists of four chapters that function as a single entity – Philadelphia, DC, Pittsburgh and New York. Keiretsu is a Japanese term for a group of organizations with interlocking business relationships, and Keiretsu Forum is a group of accredited investors with interlocking investment interests. Each chapter or region meets monthly to present rigorously screened candidates for investments. Keiretsu Forum’s mission is “Great Association with Quality Deal Flow.”

The Mid-Atlantic Region presents approximately five deals a month, 60 a year, to its members and accredited investor guests. Slightly more than 10 percent get funded, which is higher than the industry average. Approximately 36 funding applications are submitted each month to the K4-MA DealRoom website, www.K4-DealRoom.com and vetted by industry specialists. About 10 are then vetted by members at monthly screening meetings where they participate in a highly structured presentation-and-feedback-learning session. Three to four of the screened companies are then invited to present at subsequent monthly Forum meetings. Entrepreneurs invited to move forward to the Forum meetings must participate in mandatory professional coaching sessions to optimize the delivery of their presentations and also agree to participate in the road show to all four cities in the region, with exposure to approximately 100 investors. Subsequently, information about their companies is posted on the organization’s online global deal room for reference by all 900+ members. For global information visit: www.KeiretsuForum.com.

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